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| author | Reshetova, Elena <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-06-30 13:07:58 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-07-01 07:39:07 -0700 |
| commit | 633547973ffc32fd2c815639d4675e1531f0896f (patch) | |
| tree | 751ca7a379366af93f578d9f35f48339d4d2dd9b /net/key | |
| parent | 53869cebce4bc53f71a080e7830600d4ae1ab712 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-633547973ffc32fd2c815639d4675e1531f0896f.tar.gz lwn-633547973ffc32fd2c815639d4675e1531f0896f.zip | |
net: convert sk_buff.users from atomic_t to refcount_t
refcount_t type and corresponding API should be
used instead of atomic_t when the variable is used as
a reference counter. This allows to avoid accidental
refcounter overflows that might lead to use-after-free
situations.
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans Liljestrand <ishkamiel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: David Windsor <dwindsor@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/key')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/key/af_key.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c index 376fdcf7a6b9..287964a570e9 100644 --- a/net/key/af_key.c +++ b/net/key/af_key.c @@ -203,11 +203,11 @@ static int pfkey_broadcast_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb2, sock_hold(sk); if (*skb2 == NULL) { - if (atomic_read(&skb->users) != 1) { + if (refcount_read(&skb->users) != 1) { *skb2 = skb_clone(skb, allocation); } else { *skb2 = skb; - atomic_inc(&skb->users); + refcount_inc(&skb->users); } } if (*skb2 != NULL) { |